The DOI matches its Crossref record; 80 of the 80 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
The evidence base of sleep restriction therapy for treating insomnia disorder
Abstract
Sleep restriction therapy is routinely used within cognitive behavioral therapy to treat chronic insomnia. However, the efficacy for sleep restriction therapy as a standalone intervention has yet to be comprehensively reviewed. This review evaluates the evidence for the use of sleep restriction therapy in the treatment of chronic insomnia. The literature was searched using web-based databases, finding 1344 studies. Twenty-one were accessed in full (1323 were deemed irrelevant to this review). Nine were considered relevant and evaluated in relation to study design using a standardized study checklist and levels of evidence. Four trials met adequate methodological strength to examine the efficacy of therapy for chronic insomnia. Weighted effect sizes for self-reported sleep diary measures of sleep onset latency, wake time after sleep onset, and sleep efficiency were moderate-to-large after therapy. Total sleep time indicated a small improvement. Standalone sleep restriction therapy is efficacious for the treatment of chronic insomnia for sleep diary continuity variables. Studies are insufficient to evaluate the full impact on objective sleep variables. Measures of daytime functioning in response to therapy are lacking. Variability in the sleep restriction therapy implementation methods precludes any strong conclusions regarding the true impact of therapy. A future research agenda is outlined.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“sleep restriction has been identified as an effective stand-alone treatment for insomnia [24]”
From Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in patients with mental disorders and comorbid insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) · cites this paper as [24]
In the citing paper
“Bedtime restriction addresses the homeostatic process and represents the single most effective treatment component of CBT-I [23].”
Citations
Cites
Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
Muller, K. E., & Cohen, J. (1989) · Technometrics · doi:10.2307/1270020 · Cited by 99,603
The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
Landis, J. R., & Koch, G. G. (1977) · Biometrics · doi:10.2307/2529310 · Cited by 81,148
Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences
Cohen, J. (1990) · Computers Environment and Urban Systems · doi:10.1016/0198-9715(90)90050-4 · Cited by 65,417
Validation of the Insomnia Severity Index as an outcome measure for insomnia research
Bastien, C. (2001) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/s1389-9457(00)00065-4 · Cited by 8,067
Systematic reviews: CRD's guidance for undertaking reviews in health care
Tacconelli, E. (2010) · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(10)70065-7 · Cited by 3,270
Van Dongen, H. P. A., Maislin, G., Mullington, J. M., & Dinges, D. F. (2003) · Sleep · doi:10.1093/sleep/26.2.117 · Cited by 3,173
(1993) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 2,324
Self-citationDinges, D. F., Pack, F. M., Williams, K., Gillen, K. A., Powell, J. W., Ott, G. E., Trasande, C. A., & Pack, A. I. (1997) · SLEEP · doi:10.1093/sleep/20.4.267 · Cited by 2,018
Clinical Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults
Schutte-Rodin, S., Broch, L., Buysse, D., Dorsey, C., & Sateia, M. (2008) · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · doi:10.5664/jcsm.27286 · Cited by 1,943
Standard Quality Assessment Criteria for Evaluating Primary Research Papers from a Variety of Fields
Kmet, L. M., Cook, L. S., & Lee, R. C. (2004) · University of Alberta Library · doi:10.7939/r37m04f16 · Cited by 1,682
Research works printed but not linked: 2
- American Psychological Association, 1995, Task force on promotion and dissemination of psychological procedures, division of clinical psychology, training in and dissemination of empirically-validated psychological treatments: report and recommendations, Clin Psychol, 48, 3
- Buysse, 2011, Efficacy of brief behavioral treatment for chronic insomnia in older adults, Arch Intern Med, 171, 887, 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.535 · DOI
Cited by
Sorted by citations
European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia
Riemann, D., Baglioni, C., Bassetti, C., Bjorvatn, B., Dolenc Groselj, L., Ellis, J. G., Espie, C. A., Garcia‐Borreguero, D., Gjerstad, M., Gonçalves, M., et al. (2017) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.12594 · Cited by 2,049
“Miller et al. (2014) investigated one component of CBT-I, i.e. sleep restriction therapy.”
Self-citationSleep, insomnia, and depression
Riemann, D. W., Krone, L. B., Wulff, K., & Nissen, C. (2019) · Neuropsychopharmacology · doi:10.1038/s41386-019-0411-y · Cited by 901
The European Insomnia Guideline: An update on the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia 2023
Riemann, D., Espie, C. A., Altena, E., Arnardottir, E. S., Baglioni, C., Bassetti, C. L. A., Bastien, C., Berzina, N., Bjorvatn, B., Dikeos, D., et al. (2023) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.14035 · Cited by 834
Self-citationMorin, C. M., Drake, C. L., Harvey, A. G., Krystal, A. D., Manber, R., Riemann, D., & Spiegelhalder, K. (2015) · Nature Reviews Disease Primers · doi:10.1038/nrdp.2015.26 · Cited by 746
Self-citationKotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Watson, D., Cicero, D. C., Conway, C. C., DeYoung, C. G., Eaton, N. R., Forbes, M. K., Hallquist, M. N., Latzman, R. D., et al. (2021) · Annual Review of Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-093304 · Cited by 596
“Moreover, treatments may be selected to target broad dimensions (e.g., transdiagnostic interventions like the Unified Protocol for internalizing; Barlow et al. 2017) or narrow symptoms (e.g., sleep restriction therapy for insomnia; Miller et al. 2014).”
BackgroundDoes Elite Sport Degrade Sleep Quality? A Systematic Review
Gupta, L., Morgan, K., & Gilchrist, S. (2017) · Sports Medicine · doi:10.1007/s40279-016-0650-6 · Cited by 410
Hertenstein, E., Trinca, E., Wunderlin, M., Schneider, C. L., Züst, M. A., Fehér, K. D., Su, T., Straten, A. V., Berger, T., Baglioni, C., et al. (2022) · Sleep Medicine Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101597 · Cited by 391
S3-Leitlinie Nicht erholsamer Schlaf/Schlafstörungen
Riemann, D. W., Baum, E., Cohrs, S., Crönlein, T., Hajak, G., Hertenstein, E., Klose, P., Langhorst, J., Mayer, G., Nissen, C., et al. (2017) · Somnologie - Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin · doi:10.1007/s11818-016-0097-x · Cited by 354
“[98] untersuchten ein spezifisches Element der KVT-I metaanalytisch, nämlich die Bettzeitrestriktion.”
BackgroundThe assessment and management of insomnia: an update
Krystal, A. D., Prather, A. A., & Ashbrook, L. H. (2019) · World Psychiatry · doi:10.1002/wps.20674 · Cited by 256
Baglioni, C., Altena, E., Bjorvatn, B., Blom, K., Bothelius, K., Devoto, A., Espie, C. A., Frase, L., Gavriloff, D., Tuuliki, H., et al. (2020) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.12967 · Cited by 259
“…14 meta-analyses (GeigerBrown et al., 2015; Ho et al., 2015; Irwin, Cole, & Nicassio, 2006; Johnson et al., 2016; Koffel, Koffel, & Gehrman, 2015; Miller et al., 2014; Montgomery & Dennis, 2004; Morin, Culbert, & Schwartz, 1994; Murtagh & Greenwood, 1995; Okajima, Komada, & Inoue, 2011;…”
Self-citationBallesio, A., Aquino, M. R. J. V., Feige, B., Johann, A. F., Kyle, S. D., Spiegelhalder, K., Lombardo, C., Rücker, G., Riemann, D., & Baglioni, C. (2018) · Sleep Medicine Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2017.01.006 · Cited by 172
Horsch, C. H., Lancee, J., Griffioen-Both, F., Spruit, S., Fitrianie, S., Neerincx, M. A., Beun, R. J., & Brinkman, W.-P. (2017) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/jmir.6524 · Cited by 164
“Modified Sleep Restriction Sleep restriction is seen as the most effective exercise [23,24], and therefore was the main focus of the app.”
Theorell‐Haglöw, J., Miller, C. B., Bartlett, D. J., Yee, B. J., Openshaw, H. D., & Grunstein, R. R. (2017) · Sleep Medicine Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2017.03.003 · Cited by 165
Self-citationRios, P. D. L., Cardoso, R., Morra, D. E., Nincic, V., Goodarzi, Z., Farah, B., Harricharan, S., Morin, C. M., Leech, J. A., Straus, S. E., et al. (2019) · Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1186/s13643-019-1163-9 · Cited by 146
Self-citationKalmbach, D. A., Cheng, P., Arnedt, J. T., Anderson, J. R., Roth, T. G., Fellman-Couture, C., Williams, R. A., & Drake, C. L. (2018) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2018.11.019 · Cited by 140
The Variability of Sleep Among Elite Athletes
Nédélec, M., Aloulou, A., Duforez, F., Meyer, T., & Dupont, G. (2018) · Sports Medicine - Open · doi:10.1186/s40798-018-0151-2 · Cited by 133
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i) in School-Aged Children and Adolescents
Dewald‐Kaufmann, J., de Bruin, E. J., & Michael, G. (2019) · Sleep Medicine Clinics · doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2019.02.002 · Cited by 138
Matsui, K., Yoshiike, T., Nagao, K., Utsumi, T., Tsuru, A., Otsuki, R., Ayabe, N., Hazumi, M., Suzuki, M., Saitoh, K., et al. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph182312835 · Cited by 114
“Sleep restriction therapy is part of a package of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) [41,42], but it has been suggested to be effective against insomnia symptoms when used alone [43].”
BackgroundBoullin, P., Ellwood, C., & Ellis, J. G. (2016) · Brain Sciences · doi:10.3390/brainsci7010001 · Cited by 109
“[26] 2014 The evidence base of sleep restriction therapy for treating insomnia disorder”
BackgroundCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I): A Primer
Walker, J., Muench, A., Perlis, M. L., & Vargas, I. (2022) · Clinical Psychology and Special Education · doi:10.17759/cpse.2022110208 · Cited by 106
Kyle, S. D., Aquino, M. R. J., Miller, C. B., Henry, A. L., Crawford, M., Espie, C. A., & Spielman, A. J. (2015) · Sleep Medicine Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2015.02.003 · Cited by 108
Self-citationDrake, C. L., Kalmbach, D. A., Arnedt, J. T., Cheng, P., Tonnu, C. V., Cuamatzi-Castelan, A. S., & Fellman-Couture, C. (2018) · SLEEP · doi:10.1093/sleep/zsy217 · Cited by 114
Maurer, L., Schneider, J., Miller, C. B., Espie, C. A., & Kyle, S. D. (2021) · Sleep Medicine Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101493 · Cited by 108
Self-citationMaurer, L., Espie, C. A., & Kyle, S. D. (2018) · Sleep Medicine Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2018.07.005 · Cited by 103
Self-citationWe know CBT-I works, now what?
Muench, A., Vargas, I., Grandner, M. A., Ellis, J. G., Posner, D. A., Bastien, C., Drummond, S. P. A., & Perlis, M. L. (2022) · Faculty Reviews · doi:10.12703/r/11-4 · Cited by 105
Wong, S. Y. S., Zhang, D., Chi-kwan, C. L., Yip, B. H. K., Chan, D. C.-C., Ling, Y.-M., Lo, C. S. L., Woo, D. M.-S., Sun, Y., Ma, H., et al. (2017) · Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics · doi:10.1159/000470847 · Cited by 76
Veauthier, C., Hasselmann, H., Gold, S. M., & Paul, F. (2016) · EPMA Journal · doi:10.1186/s13167-016-0073-3 · Cited by 71
“Sleep restriction is an easy and very efficacious therapy against sleep-onset insomnia [174].”
BackgroundCheung, J. M. Y., Bartlett, D. J., Armour, C. L., Laba, T., & Saini, B. (2016) · Behavioral Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1080/15402002.2016.1163702 · Cited by 70
“This can potentially limit the transferability of findings in clinical settings implementing SRT, which is known to produce mild sleep deprivation in the induction phase of treatment (Miller et al., 2014).”
BackgroundSweetman, A., McEvoy, R. D., Smith, S., Catcheside, P. G., Antic, N. A., Chai-Coetzer, C. L., Douglas, J., O’Grady, A., Dunn, N., Robinson, J., et al. (2020) · Sleep · doi:10.1093/sleep/zsaa002 · Cited by 62
Lavazza, C., Galli, M., Abenavoli, A., & Maggiani, A. (2021) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045106 · Cited by 67
Maurer, L., Espie, C., Omlin, X., Reid, M. J., Sharman, R., Gavriloff, D., Emsley, R., & Kyle, S. (2020) · Sleep · doi:10.1093/sleep/zsaa096 · Cited by 47
Self-citationKalmbach, D. A., Cheng, P., Arnedt, J. T., Cuamatzi-Castelan, A., Atkinson, R. L., Fellman-Couture, C., Roehrs, T., & Drake, C. L. (2019) · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · doi:10.5664/jcsm.7882 · Cited by 58
Norell‐Clarke, A., Jansson‐Fröjmark, M., Tillfors, M., Holländare, F., & Engström, I. (2015) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.brat.2015.09.005 · Cited by 56
“First, all the included techniques were evidence-based regarding sleep, on their own or combined (Carney & Waters, 2006; Miller et al., 2014; Morgenthaler et al., 2006).”
MethodAdapted CBT to stabilize sleep on psychiatric wards: a transdiagnostic treatment approach
Sheaves, B., Isham, L., Bradley, J., Espie, C., Barrera, A., Waite, F., Harvey, A. G., Attard, C., & Freeman, D. (2018) · Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy · doi:10.1017/s1352465817000789 · Cited by 55
“sleep restriction, SR) are widely regarded as one of the most powerful ingredients of CBT for insomnia (Miller et al., 2014).”
BackgroundInfluentialMaurer, L., Espie, C. A., Omlin, X., Emsley, R., & Kyle, S. D. (2021) · SLEEP · doi:10.1093/sleep/zsab223 · Cited by 59
Self-citationAnderson, K. N. (2018) · Journal of Thoracic Disease · doi:10.21037/jtd.2018.01.35 · Cited by 60
Perrault, A. A., Pomares, F. B., Smith, D., Cross, N. E., Gong, K., Maltezos, A., McCarthy, M., Madigan, E., Tarelli, L., McGrath, J. J., et al. (2022) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.010 · Cited by 58
Jansson‐Fröjmark, M., & Norell‐Clarke, A. (2018) · Sleep Medicine Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2018.05.001 · Cited by 49
Coll-Tané, M., Gong, N. N., Belfer, S. J., van Renssen, L. V., Kurtz‐Nelson, E. C., Szuperák, M., Eidhof, I., van Reijmersdal, B., Terwindt, I., Durkin, J., et al. (2021) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe2626 · Cited by 47
Fuller, J. M., WONG, K. K. H., Hoyos, C. M., Krass, I., & Saini, B. (2015) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.12328 · Cited by 45
“However, the implementation variability across studies made a true impact assessment difficult (Miller et al., 2014).”
BackgroundKreutz, C., Müller, J. H., Schmidt, M. E., & Steindorf, K. (2020) · Supportive Care in Cancer · doi:10.1007/s00520-020-05580-0 · Cited by 41
“65%) is typically considered as normal sleep efficiency (cut-off, 85% [39]).”
BackgroundConversational Agent for Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Change: Web-Based Feasibility Study
Dhinagaran, D. A., Sathish, T., Soong, A., Theng, Y. L., Best, J. D., & Car, L. T. (2021) · JMIR Formative Research · doi:10.2196/27956 · Cited by 39
“The collated advice was then compartmentalized into themes, which translated into the topic of focus for each interaction between conversational agent and user (Multimedia Appendix 1 [8,26,27,29-53]).”
BackgroundSchneider, C. L., Hertenstein, E., Fehér, K., Maier, J. G., Cantisani, A., Moggi, F., Berger, T., & Nissen, C. (2020) · SLEEP Advances · doi:10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaa005 · Cited by 37
“Current guidelines identify cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as first-line treatment, usually composed of education, relaxation, behavioral change, and cognitive components [6].”
BackgroundInfluentialEtiology and Pathophysiology of Insomnia
Perlis, M. L., Ellis, J. G., Kloss, J. D., & Riemann, D. W. (2016) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-24288-2.00082-9 · Cited by 35
A Cognitive Behavioral Model Proposing That Clinical Burnout May Maintain Itself
Almén, N. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph18073446 · Cited by 36
“Sleep restriction is an effective intervention for insomnia [132].”
BackgroundKrieger, T., Urech, A., Duss, S. B., Blättler, L. T., Schmitt, W. J., Gast, H., Bassetti, C. L., & Berger, T. (2019) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2019.01.045 · Cited by 36
Jansson‐Fröjmark, M., & Jacobson, K. (2021) · Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy · doi:10.1017/s1352465821000023 · Cited by 36
“Based on a relatively solid evidence base for sleep restriction (Miller et al., 2014), it is likely that restricting time in bed was one important component for reducing insomnia symptoms in this trial.”
BackgroundKalmbach, D. A., Cheng, P., Roth, T. G., Sagong, C., & Drake, C. L. (2020) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2020.04.024 · Cited by 34
“Sleep restriction therapy (SRT)was the second active treatment in this RCT and is considered an effective standalone behavioral treatment for insomnia [31].”
Miller, C. B., Kyle, S. D., Gordon, C. J., Espie, C. A., Grunstein, R. R., Mullins, A. E., Postnova, S., & Bartlett, D. J. (2015) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145317 · Cited by 31
“These findings support the efficacy of SRT, as previously found in controlled and uncontrolled trials [31, 32].”
ResultSelf-citationSocial and circadian rhythm dysregulation and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Walsh, R. F. L., Maddox, M. A., Smith, L. T., Liu, R. T., & Alloy, L. B. (2024) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105560 · Cited by 35
The Development of Sleep Medicine: A Historical Sketch
Schulz, H., & Salzarulo, P. (2016) · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · doi:10.5664/jcsm.5946 · Cited by 35
“41 Methods which are used in behavior therapy of sleep disorders include sleep restriction, 42 cognitive therapies, rules for sleep hygiene, or a combination thereof, 43 called cognitive behavior therapy (CBT).”
Does total sleep time substantially increase after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia?
Scott, H., Cheung, J. M. Y., Muench, A., Ivers, H., Grandner, M. A., Lack, L. C., Morin, C. M., & Perlis, M. L. (2022) · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · doi:10.5664/jcsm.10004 · Cited by 33
“Accordingly, the current study was undertaken to evaluate, using archival data from one of the few long-term studies of CBT-I, 9,15,16 the percentage of participants who met and/or appreciably exceeded baseline TST at posttreatment, and 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after CBT-I.”
InfluentialSelf-citationCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia and Acute Insomnia
Ellis, J. G. (2019) · Sleep Medicine Clinics · doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2019.01.007 · Cited by 28
An Integrated Sleep and Reward Processing Model of Major Depressive Disorder
Boland, E. M., Goldschmied, J., Wakschal, E. S., Nusslock, R., & Gehrman, P. (2020) · Behavior Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.beth.2019.12.005 · Cited by 28
Blanken, T. F., Jansson‐Fröjmark, M., Sunnhed, R., & Lancee, J. (2021) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/ccp0000625 · Cited by 30
An Update on Assessment, Therapeutic Management, and Patents on Insomnia
Porwal, A., Yadav, Y. C., Pathak, K., & Yadav, R. (2021) · BioMed Research International · doi:10.1155/2021/6068952 · Cited by 36
Stimulus control for insomnia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Jansson‐Fröjmark, M., Nordenstam, L., Alfonsson, S., Bohman, B., Rozental, A., & Norell‐Clarke, A. (2024) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.14002 · Cited by 28
“The items are in line with recommendations from the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination for systematic reviews (Akers et al., 2009) and with previous trial assessment approaches in the area of insomnia disorder (Miller et al., 2014; Morin et al., 2006).”
MethodMethodologies for optimizing behavioral interventions: introduction to special section
Riley, W. T., & Rivera, D. E. (2014) · Translational Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s13142-014-0281-0 · Cited by 28
“For example, sleep restriction is one of the least acceptable components of behavioral treatments for insomnia but it is also one of the most effective components [8].”
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Insomnia
Hood, H. K., Rogojanski, J., & Moss, T. G. (2014) · Current Treatment Options in Neurology · doi:10.1007/s11940-014-0321-6 · Cited by 27
Insomnia (primary) in older people: non-drug treatments.
Alessi, C., & Vitiello, M. V. (2015) · PubMed Central · Cited by 26
Galbiati, A., Sforza, M., Scarpellino, A., Salibba, A., Leitner, C., D’Este, G., Mombelli, S., Ferini‐Strambi, L., & Castronovo, V. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.705112 · Cited by 28
Insomnia among cancer caregivers: A proposal for tailored cognitive behavioral therapy.
Shaffer, K. M., Garland, S. N., Mao, J. J. J., & Applebaum, A. J. (2018) · Journal of Psychotherapy Integration · doi:10.1037/int0000105 · Cited by 24
“This technique matches the presenting caregivers’ time spent in bed to their current sleep ability, and is effective as both a stand-alone and component of treatment (Harvey et al., 2002; Miller et al., 2014).”
Aji, M., Glozier, N., Bartlett, D. J., Grunstein, R. R., Calvo, R. A., Marshall, N. S., White, D. P., & Gordon, C. J. (2021) · Behavioral Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1080/15402002.2021.1967157 · Cited by 24
“Inclusion criteria were aged 18 years to 65 years, literate in English, score of ≥ 15 on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) (Bastien et al., 2001; Morin et al., 2011), and a global score of >5 on the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) (Buysse et al., 1989).”
BackgroundMethodMartin, J. L., Carlson, G. C., Kelly, M. R., Song, Y., Mitchell, M. N., Josephson, K. R., McGowan, S. K., Culver, N. C., Kay, M. A., Erickson, A. J., et al. (2023) · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1037/ccp0000836 · Cited by 23
A Drosophila model of sleep restriction therapy for insomnia
Belfer, S. J., Bashaw, A. G., Perlis, M. L., & Kayser, M. S. (2019) · Molecular Psychiatry · doi:10.1038/s41380-019-0376-6 · Cited by 25
A feasibility study of a mobile app to treat insomnia
Aji, M., Glozier, N., Bartlett, D. J., Peters, D., Calvo, R. A., Zheng, Y., Grunstein, R. R., & Gordon, C. J. (2020) · Translational Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1093/tbm/ibaa019 · Cited by 22
An Actigraphy-Based Validation Study of the Sleep Disorder Inventory in the Nursing Home
Hjetland, G. J., Nordhus, I. H., Pallesen, S., Cummings, J. L., Tractenberg, R. E., Thun, E., Kolberg, E., & Flo, E. (2020) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00173 · Cited by 25
“(25) defined disturbed sleep as having <85% SE, in each participants’ individual rest interval (based on light, activity, and event marker information in the actogram, indicating bedtime and wake time), which is a common cut-off for defining disturbed sleep (55, 56), albeit in normal populations.”
BackgroundFlaxer, J. M., Heyer, A., & Francois, D. (2020) · American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2020.10.011 · Cited by 22
Comparing the Effects of Single‐ and Multiple‐Component Therapies for Insomnia on Sleep Outcomes
Sidani, S., Epstein, D. R., Fox, M. T., & Collins, L. J. (2019) · Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing · doi:10.1111/wvn.12367 · Cited by 25
“These results support the effectiveness of SRT as a single component therapy, as also documented by Miller et al. (2014).”
ResultSelf-citationXin, Q., Yuan, R. K., Zitting, K., Wang, W., Purcell, S., Vujović, N., Ronda, J. M., Quan, S. F., Williams, J. S., Buxton, O. M., et al. (2022) · SLEEP · doi:10.1093/sleep/zsac046 · Cited by 22
Eakman, A. M., Schmid, A. A., Rolle, N. R., Kinney, A. R., & Henry, K. L. (2022) · American Journal of Occupational Therapy · doi:10.5014/ajot.2022.045682 · Cited by 21
“I for the treatment of chronic insomnia (Miller et al., 2014; van der Zweerde et al., 2019; van Straten et al., 2018).”
Psychological Interventions for Late-Life Insomnia: Current and Emerging Science
Dzierzewski, J. M., Griffin, S. C., Ravyts, S. G., & Rybarczyk, B. D. (2018) · Current Sleep Medicine Reports · doi:10.1007/s40675-018-0129-0 · Cited by 20
Paradoxical intention for insomnia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Jansson‐Fröjmark, M., Alfonsson, S., Bohman, B., Rozental, A., & Norell‐Clarke, A. (2022) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.13464 · Cited by 18
“The items are consistent with the recommendations of the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination for systematic reviews (Akers et al., 2009) and with previous study assessment approaches in the area of insomnia disorder (Miller et al., 2014; Morin et al., 2006).”
BackgroundMethodFaaland, P. M., Vedaa, Ø., Langsrud, K., Sivertsen, B., Lydersen, S., Saksvik, S. B., Vestergaard, C. L., Kjørstad, K., Vethe, D., Ritterband, L. M., et al. (2023) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2023.07.018 · Cited by 19
Sidani, S., Ibrahim, S., Lok, J., Fan, L., & Fox, M. T. (2018) · Canadian Journal of Nursing Research · doi:10.1177/0844562118774493 · Cited by 18
Verreault, M. D., Granger, É., Neveu, X., Delage, J. P., Bastien, C., & Vallières, A. (2023) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.14008 · Cited by 22
“Among the main components of CBT-I, a few studies evaluated SRT and cognitive therapy effectiveness when used alone, or their mechanisms of action (Harvey et al., 2014; Kyle et al., 2015; Maurer & Kyle, 2022; Miller et al., 2014; Riemann et al., 2022; Spielman et al., 1987; Vallières et al., 2013).”
BackgroundTakeuchi, H., Suwa, K., Kishi, A., Nakamura, T., Yoshiuchi, K., & Yamamoto, Y. (2022) · JMIR mhealth and uhealth · doi:10.2196/39150 · Cited by 18
“In the treatment of patients with insomnia, sleep restriction therapy, which induces mild sleep deprivation to build homeostatic sleep pressure, is used, and existing mHealth studies incorporating sleep restriction therapy demonstrate a significant improvement in insomnia severity and sleep efficacy [35,64,65].”
BackgroundWhittall, H., Pillion, M., & Gradisar, M. (2017) · Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2017.10.007 · Cited by 16
Liu, Y., Chen, Z., Li, G., Lai, D., Liu, P., & Zheng, Y. (2018) · BioMed Research International · doi:10.1155/2018/6032525 · Cited by 19
“Subjective sleep quality, indicated by sleep onset latency, awakening time after sleep onset, and sleep efficiency, improved after sleep restriction, and the effect size was moderate to large [39].”
BackgroundWilliams-Cooke, C., LeSuer, L., Drerup, M. L., & Siengsukon, C. F. (2021) · Nature and Science of Sleep · doi:10.2147/nss.s324879 · Cited by 16
Shaffer, K. M., Hedeker, D., Morin, C. M., Ingersoll, K. S., Thorndike, F. P., & Ritterband, L. M. (2020) · SLEEP · doi:10.1093/sleep/zsaa115 · Cited by 15
Self-citationBarrett, E. A., Aminoff, S. R., Simonsen, C., & Romm, K. L. (2020) · Comprehensive Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2020.152207 · Cited by 15
Jernelöv, S., Forsell, E., Westman, H., Dufva, Y. E., Lindefors, N., Kaldo, V., & Kraepelien, M. (2022) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.13759 · Cited by 16
“Several studies suggest that sleep restriction and stimulus control are core therapeutic methods in CBT-i, and even effective as standalone interventions (Bootzin & Epstein, 2011; Edinger et al., 2021; Harvey et al., 2002; Kaldo et al., 2015; Miller et al., 2014; Morin, 2011; Morin et al., 1994, 2006, 2015), and they…”
BackgroundSandlund, C., Kane, K., Ekstedt, M., & Westman, J. (2018) · BMC Family Practice · doi:10.1186/s12875-018-0798-2 · Cited by 18
“However, one study has explored patients’ experiences of long-term treatment with hypnotic drugs [15]; another, patients’ experiences of mindfulness-based group treatment for insomnia [16]; and a third, patients’ experiences of sleep restriction therapy, one technique included in CBT-I [17].”
MethodInfluentialTse, K. Y. K., Maurer, L. F., Espie, C. A., & Kyle, S. D. (2024) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.14180 · Cited by 12
Self-citationCheng, P., Kalmbach, D. A., Fellman-Couture, C., Arnedt, J. T., Cuamatzi-Castelan, A. S., & Drake, C. L. (2020) · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · doi:10.5664/jcsm.8164 · Cited by 14
“Restriction of time in bed (TIB) with the aim of consolidating sleep (ie, sleep restriction) is a core component of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), and has efficacy as a single-component therapy.(1) As a stand-alone treatment, sleep restriction therapy (SRT) putatively leverages the homeostatic slee…”
BackgroundMethodThe Integration of Sleep Research Into Eating Disorders Research: Recommendations and Best Practices
Irish, L. A., Bottera, A. R., Manasse, S. M., Christensen, K. A., & Schaefer, L. M. (2024) · International Journal of Eating Disorders · doi:10.1002/eat.24241 · Cited by 14
Galgut, Y., Hoyos, C. M., Kempler, L., Aji, M., Grunstein, R. R., Gordon, C. J., & Bartlett, D. J. (2024) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.14442 · Cited by 14
“In adults, SRT is an effective standalone treatment for insomnia with post-treatment effect sizes noted as large as multicomponent CBTi when compared with a con-trol group (Maurer et al., 2021; Miller et al., 2014).”
Treating insomnia in Swiss primary care practices: A survey study based on case vignettes
Linder, S., Duss, S. B., Dvořák, C., Merlo, C., Essig, S., Tal, K., Giovane, C. D., Syrogiannouli, L., Heinzer, R. C., Nissen, C., et al. (2020) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.13169 · Cited by 13
“Sleep restriction has been found effective also when used alone (Krieger et al., 2019; Miller et al., 2014).”
BackgroundThe translational genetics of ADHD and related phenotypes in model organisms
Cabana‐Domínguez, J., Antón-Galindo, E., Fernàndez‐Castillo, N., Singgih, E. L., O’Leary, A., Norton, W., Strekalova, T. V., Schenck, A., Reif, A., Lesch, K., et al. (2022) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104949 · Cited by 15
“Sleep restriction therapy (SRT) is widely used as a part of cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and performing SRT alone is sufficient to confer most CBT-I benefits (Miller et al., 2014).”
BackgroundWilson, D., Driller, M. W., Johnston, B., & Gill, N. (2023) · Journal of Lifestyle Medicine · doi:10.15280/jlm.2023.13.1.1 · Cited by 19
“Sleep restriction therapy has demonstrated moderate-to-large effect sizes for reducing night waking and enhancing sleep latency and efficiency, however the impact on daytime sleepiness is inconclusive and this strategy may not be appropriate for airline pilots due to regular changes in rosters [82].”
BackgroundSalwen‐Deremer, J. K., Siegel, C. A., & Smith, M. T. (2020) · Crohn s & Colitis 360 · doi:10.1093/crocol/otaa052 · Cited by 16
Lawrence, K., Myrissa, K., Toribio-Mateas, M. A., Minini, L., & Gregory, A. M. (2022) · Pilot and Feasibility Studies · doi:10.1186/s40814-022-01058-4 · Cited by 13
“The actigraphy measures of sleep showed a consistent pattern for small improvements in sleep quality, with a reduction in total sleep duration; by improving sleep quality it can be consolidated [109].”
BackgroundPickett, S. M., Kozak, A. T., Lanni, D. J., Warnke, A. S., Gaillard, P., & Jarrett, N. L. (2022) · Journal of American College Health · doi:10.1080/07448481.2022.2066979 · Cited by 15
Robberegt, S. J., Kooiman, B., Albers, C. J., Nauta, M. H., Bockting, C., & Stikkelbroek, Y. A. J. (2022) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058560 · Cited by 13
Kyle, S. D., Madigan, C. D., Begum, N., Abel, L., Armstrong, S., Aveyard, P. N., Bower, P., Ogburn, E., Siriwardena, A. N., Yu, L., et al. (2020) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036248 · Cited by 12
Self-citationSleep and Cognition in People with Autism Spectrum Condition: A Systematic Literature Review
Shaw, A., Do, T., Harrison, L. K., Marczak, M., Dimitriou, D., & Joyce, A. (2021) · Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s40489-021-00266-7
A Comprehensive Review of Lemborexant to Treat Insomnia
Fuller, M. C., Carlson, S. F., Grant, C., Berry, V., Ivancich, M. S., Cornett, E. M., Kaye, A. M., Viswanath, O., Urits, I., Shekoohi, S., et al. (2025) · Psychopharmacology Bulletin · doi:10.64719/pb.4483 · Cited by 11
Edmonds, M., Peynenburg, V. A., Kaldo, V., Jernelöv, S., Titov, N., Dear, B. F., & Hadjistavropoulos, H. D. (2024) · Internet Interventions · doi:10.1016/j.invent.2024.100729 · Cited by 10
“The goal of sleep restriction is to increase sleep efficiency by creating a new “ sleep window ” (i.e., amount of time spent in bed) and then gradually titrating the amount of time in bed contingent upon increased sleep efficiency (Miller et al., 2014).”
BackgroundCain, N., Richardson, C. E., Bartel, K., Whittall, H., Reeks, J., & Gradisar, M. (2022) · Journal of Sleep Research · doi:10.1111/jsr.13658 · Cited by 11
“Due to the lack of evidence informing sleep restriction therapies in children, for both sleep and bedtime restriction therapy there was no lower limit of restriction specified (some adult protocols specify no <5 h TIB) (Miller et al., 2014).”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Miller, C. B., Espie, C. A., Epstein, D. R., Friedman, L., Morin, C. M., Pigeon, W. R., Spielman, A. J., & Kyle, S. D.
- Affiliations
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Phoenix VA Health Care System (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Université Laval (CA)
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- City College of New York (US)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Miller, Christopher B.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Sleep Medicine Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-10
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 415-424
- ISSN
- 1087-0792 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2165118243
- Cited by
- 192
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 1.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sleep Medicine Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Australia) Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding of Sleep (CIRUS) (571421)
- Sackler Institute of Psychobiological Research (University of Glasgow Sleep Centre, Scotland, UK)
- Chief Scientist Office (Scotland, UK) (CZG/2/503)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Keywords
- sleep restriction therapy, chronic insomnia, insomnia, sleep diary, sleep latency, wake after sleep onset, sleep efficiency, total sleep time, treatment efficacy, cognitive behavioral therapy
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Sleep Deprivation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review